US 12,285,290 B2
Mounting member and medical apparatus
Masaki Teraishi, Tokorozawa (JP); Takamitsu Shimizu, Tokorozawa (JP); and Takanori Sato, Tokorozawa (JP)
Assigned to NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/860,163.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-098087 (JP), filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0367857 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4433 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting member which is to be attached to a cart to which a monitor configured to display an ultrasonic image is fixed, the mounting member on which an ultrasonic measurement apparatus configured to acquire the ultrasonic image is to be mounted, the mounting member comprising:
a planar portion that is planar member extending along a horizontal direction, the planar portion comprising:
an extended portion located at a first end of the planar portion along the horizontal direction and comprising an attachment portion configured to attach to the cart;
a fixing portion to which at least a part of a cable and/or at least a part of a connector part that are connected to a probe of the ultrasonic measurement apparatus is to be fitted and fixed; and
a first mounting portion on which the probe is to be mounted along a vertical direction and located at a second end of the planar portion along the horizontal direction, the second end being opposite the first end in the horizontal direction,
wherein the cable has two ends, a first end being connected to the probe and a second end being connected to the connector part,
wherein both the at least part of the cable and the at least part of the connector part are fitted and fixed to the fixing portion,
wherein the fixing portion has a first constricted part including a first pair of protrusions, the first pair of protrusions extending towards one another in a transverse direction of the cable, the first pair of protrusions being in contact with the cable to fix the cable,
wherein a gap between the first pair of protrusions is narrower than a diameter of the cable,
wherein the fixing portion is a groove formed in a straight line along a longitudinal direction of the cable, and
wherein a second constricted part having a second pair of protrusions disposed along the longitudinal direction of the cable and into which the cable is to be fitted is provided together with the first constricted part at different positions in the groove,
wherein the first mounting portion includes a recess in the form of a U-shape, and
wherein a tapered portion is formed in the recess in an upper surface side of the first mounting portion, such that the probe is mountable from an upper side of the first mounting portion and is prevented from slipping off the first mounting portion.